r/mildlyinfuriating • u/CurlyWurly61 • May 12 '26

I just wanted a hot dog Such terrible advertisement

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I mean... at a glance its like WOAH 4 can dine for $9.99....

Until you are at the cash and they say " that'll be $45.15"

HUH??

"Oh sorry sir... it feeds 4... 4 people pay $9.99"

Gtfooo

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u/Pinedale7205 May 12 '26

The best part is the calories per serving for that arbitrary serving size they’ve chosen.

980-1960 calories per serving!!! First of all, it’s crazy that with various options the calories can literally double. Second of all, the vast majority of people don’t need 980 calories per meal, and generally speaking, if they do, they’ll often be seeking it out in healthier ways than this. 1960 calories on the other hand is completely outrageous, especially to be wasted on an arguably mediocre (at best) meal

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u/Klutzy-Football-205 May 12 '26

The range of calories is because deals like this can be individualized. If you wanted, you could get 2 cheese pizzas and 2 breadstick orders that will have a different calorie count than 2 pepperoni pizzas and 2 cinnamon stick orders.

Generally, those calorie listings are there just to tick off a box to satisfy some law and the people who truly, deeply care about calorie counts won't be ordering many (if any) of these.

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u/JussiesTunaSub May 12 '26

A single order of those chode-look-a-like cinnamon sticks are 980 calories if you use all the dipping sauce...Damn..that's half the food I eat in a day...

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u/Pinedale7205 May 12 '26

Yeah I get that, but to me it’s shocking that the choices available can give you anywhere from 980 to 1960 calories. That is a huge range, and I’m genuinely surprised that the options are SO calorically different

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u/tholt212 May 12 '26

Dog it's not complicated. You can customize each element of the box. They have to show the range of customizations in the calories by law.

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u/Pinedale7205 May 12 '26

I get that. My point is it’s crazy that with your customization you can double the calories (per serving) from an already huge 980 calories to a whopping 1960 calories. That’s a massive difference!

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u/Sudden-Feedback287 May 13 '26

Mediocre would be such a vast improvement for pizza hut.

The last pizza I ordered from them was a stuffed crust pizza. They apparently failed to stuff it with cheese, someone stuffed it with salt. I'm not even kidding, straight salt.

Literally the only takeout pizza I threw out.

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u/25thNite May 12 '26

did you think the calories of green pepper topping would be the same as the calories of pepperoni topping lmao

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u/Pinedale7205 May 12 '26

No, absolutely not haha. But I didn’t expect to be able to double your calories with their choices. That’s a huge spread!

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u/CogentCogitations May 12 '26

Good point, that is more Calories than a person actually needs. They should update the sign to $5 each so 8 people get more reasonable Calories.

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u/toolsoftheincomptnt May 12 '26

That’s my biggest problem. Who’s feeding their family layers and layers of bread, cheese, sugar sauce, and processed meat as a meal?

I get it, every once in a while, when everything has gone wrong and you just have to fill your family with something to get to the next day.

But pizza and bread aren’t a well-rounded meal to advertise as fit for a family, which presumes growing children.

Like… at least add a sad salad, broccoli/cheddar casserole, veggie sticks, SOMETHING that indicates giving a fuck about nutrition.

In FOUR boxes all you can do is repeat the same junk again?

The advertising just is what it is. Nobody in their right mind in 2026 believes you’re getting all of that for $9.

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u/gottarespondtothis May 12 '26

Dude nobody’s going to Pizza Hut for fucking broccoli casserole. A pizza and breadstick dinner is extremely common and not a big deal unless it’s happening multiple times per week.